77 GROHE Magazine 76 P u re F re u de an Was se r LEARNING FROM AFRICA TEXT JOSIE THADDEUS JOHNS ur Freude an Wasser There isn t much that Kunlé Adeyemi doesn t do A lecturer architect furniture designer and urban researcher he is interested in any way to engage with the concept of the city especially as related to the global South and developing countries In particular he is interested in bridg ing the gaps in infrastructure to create networks and exchanges that work for the people who use them From his planning and architecture work in the sprawling hub of Lagos Nigeria to more high profile designs such as the inverted neo classical form of his 2017 iteration of the Ser pentine Summer House the goal remains the same Whether a chair for charity in South Af rica a revolutionary rotating art space for Pra da in Seoul or the visionary plan to eliminate traffic paralysis in Lagos with the 4th Mainland Bridge in each project the essential needs of performance value and identity critical for success are fundamentally the same for me Adeyemi has always been interested in archi tecture Following in his father s footsteps he designed his first building as a teenager and went on to work at the legendary studio of Rem Koolhaas OMA Office for Metropolitan Archi tecture where he helped to realize projects such as a giant rolling pavilion in Korea for Pra da an odd geometric cross between a tent and a four sided die However since starting up his own Nether lands based office Adeyemi has become most ly associated with a specific movement in archi tecture one that uses water as its foundation Floating architecture has been a hot topic in city Designer urban researcher and mastermind of an award winning school that floats on water Kunlé Adeyemi is an architect whose work spans disciplines and continents At the Black Rhino Academy Kunlé Adeyemi proposes a live learn space within the nature of Tanzania

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